Letters to the Editor

Money spent on Air Force One well spent

I've seen a few angry letters about how expensive it is for the president to fly to Hawaii on Air Force One. A fair estimate is $180,000 per hour.

Let's put that in perspective. We can operate that airplane for 20 hours and it costs each of us just 1 cent. I believe that is a good value. Every president who ever served worked brutal hours with the weight of the world on his shoulders. They've all done their very best.

You don't have to agree with this president or any other to recognize that he needs a break now and then. And if it costs me a penny to give him that break, that's a penny well spent.

John Stavros

New Harmony

We have regained some freedoms

T.G. "Bud" Mahas in his letter on Jan. 16 "loves his country and grieves about the freedoms we keep losing." He cites the recent "legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington State, same sex marriage in Maryland and other states" as reasons for "our" loss of freedoms.

But actually the marijuana initiatives re-legalize the use of that herb, which was denied in the early 1900s, having been allowed up until then. And some really early documents prove that same-sex marriages were performed way back then, so it was government of some stripe (national and/or religious) that removed that freedom.

From my perspective, these are freedoms regained, not freedoms lost.

Mary Ellen Sullivan

Newcastle

We must address key issues in 2013

There are at lest two things we can be assured of: death and taxes. Anything beyond that is anybody's guess. America has left the shifting soil of 2012. Will 2013 be any better? It must be.

Many very important issues have been left with no positive results. Will the president and Congress have the fortitude to attempt solving any of these issues? They must.

Benghazi, and the four murdered Americans. Will the cover-up and the lies ever cease, and the families of those four brave Americans murdered on that bloody day, ever know the truth? They must.

Will the nation find itself going over the "fiscal cliff"? Or will the powers that be forget about elections and the politics in their decision and work toward balancing the federal budget? Let's hope so.

Now that we have covered the government, what about us? We must care.

George T. Weir

Jacksboro, Texas

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Letters to the Editor

I've seen a few angry letters about how expensive it is for the president to fly to Hawaii on Air Force One. A fair estimate is $180,000 per hour.